Doctor Who - "Terror of the Vervoids - Part 1" - 01:00 am Tuesday, February 24 on WXNY Retro

Colin Baker (Actor) .. The Doctor

Born: June 08, 1943

Honor Blackman (Actor) .. Professor Lasky

Born: August 22, 1925
Birthplace: London, England

Trivia: British actress Honor Blackman began as a J. Arthur Rank contractee, where she was groomed for demure "English rose" types in films like Fame is the Spur (1947) and Quartet (1948). Honor would not realize major stardom until 1962, when she was cast as leather-clad karate expert Cathy Gale in the British TV adventure series The Avengers (until recently, U.S. audiences were permitted to see only the Avengers episodes featuring Ms. Blackman's successors, Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson). International stardom ensued when Honor was seen in another martial-arts gig as the gloriously yclept Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964). She has played a wide variety of roles since, with special emphasis on droll comedy. Honor Blackman's last picture was the 1978 remake of The Cat and the Canary, though she continues to appear in British television, most recently on the weekly series The Upper Hand (1990-93).

Michael Jayston (Actor) .. The Valeyard

Born: October 29, 1935

Trivia: After briefly toiling away as an apprentice accountant, Michael Jayston trained for a theatrical career at Britain's Guildhall School. Jayston made his professional debut at age 27 in The Amorous Prawn then made up for lost time by appearing in as many stage, film and TV projects as his schedule would allow. A Shakespearean specialist at such august organizations at the Old Vic and the RSC, he also thrived in contemporary roles, touring extensively in Peter Schaffer's Equus. His film roles include Czar Nicholas II in Nicholas and Alexandria (1971) and Captain Hardy in The Nelson Affair (1971), while numbering among his TV-miniseries credits are the internationally distributed Smiley's People and Tinker, Soldier, Sailor, Spy. In addition, Michael Jayston has starred in two weekly British TV series, playing Colonel Mustard in Cluedo (1991) and Bob in Outside Edge (1994).

Bonnie Langford (Actor) .. Melanie

Born: July 01, 1964

Lynda Bellingham (Actor) .. The Inquisitor

Born: May 31, 1948
Birthplace: Montreal, Québec

Denys Hawthorne (Actor) .. Rudge

Born: August 09, 1932

Yolande Palfrey (Actor) .. Janet

Tony Scoggo (Actor) .. Grenville

Born: May 06, 1936

Arthur Hewlett (Actor) .. Kimber

Born: March 12, 1907
Died: February 25, 1997

David Allister (Actor) .. Bruchner

Sam Howard (Actor) .. Atza

Simon Slater (Actor) .. Edwardes

Michael Craig (Actor) .. Commodore

Born: January 27, 1928

Trivia: Born in India to a British military officer, Michael Craig was in his teens when he entered films in 1949 as an extra, or, as Leslie Halliwell so euphemistically put it, a "crowd artist." That same year, Craig made his inaugural stage appearance in The Merchant of Venice. Groomed for stardom by the Rank Organisation, he began receiving speaking parts in 1954. On the whole, his stage work, which consisted largely of Shakespeare, was more rewarding than his film efforts. As leading man in such films as Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) and Mysterious Island (1961), Craig was required to do little more beyond looking handsome and dependable. One of his few movie roles of substance was in The Angry Silence (1960), which he co-wrote (he would later contribute to the script of 1981's The Killing of Angel Street). Michael Craig was seen to better advantage in later years as a character actor.

Malcolm Tierney (Actor) .. Doland

Born: February 25, 1938
Birthplace: Manchester

Leon Davis (Actor) .. Ortezo

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids - Part 1

01:00 am - 01:30 am, Tuesday, February 24 on WXNY Retro (32.5)

Terror of the Vervoids - Part 1

Season 23, Episode 9